1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910956638403321

Autore

Cooper Adam I

Titolo

Reconciling Indo-European syllabification / / by Adam I. Cooper

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, the Netherlands ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , [2015]

ISBN

9789004281950

9004281959

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (397 p.)

Collana

Brill's Studies in Indo-European Languages & Linguistics ; ; v. 13

Disciplina

414

Soggetti

Indo-European languages - Syllabification

Indo-European languages - Phonology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"This volume is a substantially revised version of my Cornell University dissertation, entitled "Syllable Nucleus and Margin in Greek, Vedic, and Proto-Indo-European", which was defended in September 2011 and filed in January 2012."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material / Adam I. Cooper -- 1 Introduction / Adam I. Cooper -- 2 The Syllabification of Medial Consonant Clusters in Vedic / Adam I. Cooper -- 3 Formal Analysis of Vedic Medial Syllabification / Adam I. Cooper -- 4 Complementary Evidence for Medial Consonant Syllabification from the History of Greek / Adam I. Cooper -- 5 On the Syllabifications VOO.RV, VR.OOV / Adam I. Cooper -- 6 Background and Preliminaries / Adam I. Cooper -- 7 Previous Optimality-Theoretic Accounts of Sonorant Syllabicity / Adam I. Cooper -- 8 A New Approach to Proto-Indo-European Sonorant Syllabicity / Adam I. Cooper -- 9 Nucleus Selection as a Morphophonological Operation? / Adam I. Cooper -- 10 Implications and Typology of the Phonological Analysis of Sonorant Syllabicity / Adam I. Cooper -- 11 Conclusion and Future Directions / Adam I. Cooper -- Appendix / Adam I. Cooper -- References / Adam I. Cooper -- Index of Words / Adam I. Cooper -- Index of Names / Adam I. Cooper -- Index of Subjects / Adam I. Cooper -- Index of Constraints / Adam I. Cooper.

Sommario/riassunto

In Reconciling Indo-European Syllabification , Adam Cooper brings together two seemingly disparate phenomena associated with Indo-European syllable structure: the heterosyllabic treatment of medial



consonant clusters, which tolerates CVC syllables, and the right-hand vocalization of sonorants, which ostensibly avoids them. Operating from a perspective that is simultaneously empirical, theoretical, and historical in nature, he establishes their compatibility by crafting a formal analysis that integrates them into a single picture of the reconstructed system. More generally, drawing on evidence from Vedic, Greek, and Proto-Indo-European itself, Cooper demonstrates the continued relevance of the ancient Indo-European languages to contemporary linguistic theory, and, moreover, reaffirms the value of the syllable as a unit of phonology, necessary for these languages’ formal representation.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910963284903321

Autore

Aitchison Jean <1938->

Titolo

The articulate mammal : an introduction to psycholinguistics / / Jean Aitchison ; with a foreword by the author

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-80696-2

1-283-10368-0

9786613103680

1-136-80697-0

0-203-82824-0

Edizione

[Routledge classics ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (321 p.)

Collana

Routledge classics

Disciplina

401/.9

Soggetti

Psycholinguistics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 1976 by the Academic Division of Unwin Hyman Ltd.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Jean Aitchisonthe Articulate Mammal; Copyright; Contents; Foreword to The Routledge Classics Edition; Preface to The First Edition; Preface to The Fifth Edition; Introduction; 1. The Great Automatic Grammatizator; 2. Animals That Try to Talk; 3. Grandmama's Teeth; 4. Predestinate Grooves; 5. A Blueprint In The Brain?; 6. Chattering Children; 7. Puzzling It out; 8. Celestial Unintelligibility; 9.



The White Elephant Problem; 10. The Case of The Missing Fingerprint; 11. The Cheshire Cat's Grin; 12. Banker's Clerk or Hippopotamus?; Suggestions For Further Reading; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This Routledge Classics edition includes a new foreword by the author.'An excellent and very welcome guide to psycholinguistics...highly recommended.' The Washington Post A classic in its field for almost forty years, The Articulate Mammal is a brilliant introduction to psycholinguistics. In lucid prose Jean Aitchison introduces and demystifies a complex and controversial subject: What is language and is it restricted to humans? How do children acquire language so quickly? Is language innate or learned? She explains the pioneering work of Noam Chomsky; how ch